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calenaldion

al-Megrahi

Aug 22, 2009 01:52

With all the supposed uproar in the States, and in the UK, concerning the release of al-Megrahi, the convicted Lockerbie bomber, it's important that the debate is not left to those who would respond to every point with the words "but terrorists are evil ( Read more... )

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tgwbs August 22 2009, 22:08:50 UTC

I had vaguely heard of al-Megrahi's innocence and meant to look into it, so thanks for the link. The US is full of crazy people.

tgwbs August 23 2009, 10:04:05 UTC

In this case, it's not so much that they're crazy; it's that the administration has little choice but to cry foul and the public know only what they're told - that a mass-murderer of Americans is being released.

It's a very dirty business.

Of course if they hadn't let him go back... mithalwen August 26 2009, 20:58:21 UTC

the usual suspects would be bleating about having to pay for his palliative care. Fact is in what some Americans regard as a third world country :S there was no way he would die actually in gaol. They would have had to move him to a palliative care unit or hospice which are licence to give the level of morphine needed in EOL care.